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Blason Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur

Sélection de 8 forts, fortifications and arsenals sur 36 en Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur

Mont-Dauphin stronghold
Citadels
05600 Mont-Dauphin

Mont-Dauphin's stronghold, built in the early eighteenth century in the Hautes-Alpes, is a military complex designed to protect the road to Italy and control the Durance valley.
Convention Battery in Cannes
Fortification
06150 Cannes

The Convention battery, a 19th century military building, is located on Île Sainte-Marguerite in the Bay of Cannes. Built in 1862, it bears witness to the defensive architecture of the time in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Fort de Balaguier
Defensive heritage
83500 La Seyne-sur-Mer

Balaguier Fort, built in the 17th century in La Seyne-sur-Mer, is a military work designed to protect the Toulon harbour, now transformed into a maritime museum.
Fort des Salettes
Defensive heritage
05100 Briançon

Fort des Salettes, built at the beginning of the eighteenth century, is a Vubanesque fortification overlooking Briançon in the Hautes-Alpes, protecting the road to Italy.
Head Fort
Defensive heritage
05100 Briançon

Fort des Têtes is an 18th century fortified fortification overlooking Briançon in the Hautes-Alpes, designed to defend the city. Ranked a historic monument and registered with UNESCO, it illustrates Vauban's military architecture.
Fort du Randouillet
Defensive heritage
05100 Briançon

Fort du Randouillet, built at the beginning of the eighteenth century, is a dominant military fortification Briançon in the Hautes-Alpes, integrated with the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Fort Joubert or Fort Saint Vincent
Defensive heritage
04340 Saint-Vincent-les-Forts

Fort Joubert, also known as Fort Saint-Vincent, is a 17th-century military work designed by Vauban, located in Saint-Vincent-les-Forts in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, integrating dreads and bastions to defend the Ubaye valley.
Balloon furnaces of the islands of Lérins
Arsenal
06150 Cannes

The ball furnaces of the Lérins islands, built in the 17th century near Cannes, are military installations intended to heat fire projectiles to defend the Provencal coast.